Everything was quiet, a warm breeze drifted in through the opened window but nothing in the room stirred. Skyler sighed and rested his arms on the crib wall pushing shaggy blonde curls from his face and looking at the infant sleeping barley a foot from him. For the first time in his immortal life he wasn't the baby and for some reason that didn't make him as happy as he thought it would have. No, now the only thing on his mind was making sure he was a good older brother, better then Ty or Soren thought Skyler reaching down to pull the black fleecy blanket slightly higher on the 5 month old to keep him from getting chilled.

Skyler let out another soft sigh and looked out the open window at the full moon that appeared to be lightly resting on the ancient tree's outside in the courtyard. The usual allure to howl was there, as it was for all were-wolfs like himself but unlike others he resisted. You're not an animal, he reminded himself sternly, You're a lycan…You're better then those things.

The term "Lycan", had been invented centuries before his time by his estranged vampyric great grandfather king Victor shortly after the birth of Lucian, the current lycan leader and Skylers own grandfather. Lucian had been born to first generation were-wolves in 1180 a.d from parents who could no longer turn back into their human forms and had to remain in wolfish forms forever. Lucian was the first of the lycan race and thus was the biggest and strongest of their kind.

"Time for bed I think sweetheart, its nearly 2am." Skyler turned his head to stare at his mother leaning in the doorway. Kathryn Corvinus looked a lot like her father Lucian and her deceased mother princess Sonya who had been king Victors only daughter, as far as Skyler knew.

"5 more minutes?" Skyler asked doing his best from keeping his eyes from wandering back to the crib, his body semi-turned towards his mother.

"I think you've been in here long enough Skyler… Bed." Kathryn folded her arms and gave the blonde a look that left no room for argument.

"But what if he shows up?" demanded Skyler, turning to completely face his mother, the moonlight coming through the window making him seem pale and his normally sky blue eyes turn to silver. "What if he comes through the window or something?"

" We have surveillance camera's… Besides, Thomas is a wizard Skyler, not a spider monkey." Kathryn stepped aside to let Skyler walk by on his way down the hall to his bedroom.

Skyler let out a soft sigh as he curled up in bed next to his older twin brother Ty, who unlike him, had brown curls and hazel eyes. Skyler himself had blonde curls and sky blue eyes but it was still obvious they were twins.

"hmm…'wuzz wrong baby bro?" mumbled Ty drowsily, still half asleep as he lazily flung one bare arm over Skyler shoulders, "you only lay on the bottom bunk when sumthin' botherin' yous."

"Why do we have to give him to those people? Why cant we keep him?" whispered Skyler, pulling a nearby pillow over and the blankets over himself and stifling a yawn.

"Harry will return to us when he comes of age…" Ty replied softly, seeming to have woken up slightly more, "but until then he must go where he's safe, and that brother, is not here."

Skyler moved slightly closer and closed his eyes, letting his mind close down as sleep overtook him.

Harry would be fine, his mothers freshies (humans or magical folk who helped immortals while not wanting to be immortal themselves), Lily and James would look after Harry and raise him as there own until he was 18 when he would learn the truth and join his true family in there battle against their blood enemy the vampires.

But that was so far away and honestly, Skyler wasn't sure he would last that long.